Financing, News

No end in sight for dairy farmer struggling with loan issue

Original Article: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/no-end-sight-dairy-farmer-struggling-loan-issue The impact of the government shutdown is real for Reynoldsville, Pa., dairy farmer Bill Smith. He was having problems with his local USDA Farm Service Agency long before the shutdown, but his situation has gotten worse…

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Financing

Ag Interest Rate Snapshot

Farm Credit Rates 6/26/2020 | 7:36 AM CDT https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2020/06/26/farm-credit-rates DTN Ag Interest Rate Snapshot TODAY – LAST YEAR as of: 6/26/20 6/26/19 BENCHMARKS Prime Rate 3.25 5.50 30-Day Libor 0.18 2.40 1-Year Libor 0.57 2.15 10-Yr. Treasury 0.66 2.01 CCC Loan Rate 1.125 3.375 Real Estate…

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Crop Production, Financing, News, Real Estate Market

Helping beginning farmers find land Farmland Access Bootcamp will be Feb. 9 in central Iowa

Original Article Here: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-operations/helping-beginning-farmers-find-land Finding land to farm can be an enormous stumbling block for new farmers. But you can get a leg up on your search by attending a one-day course. Part of a multiyear project led by Minnesota-based Renewing the Countryside…

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Crop Production, News

ISU updates crop pest management publications

Original Post Here: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/isu-updates-crop-pest-management-publications As 2018 was winding down, Iowa State University Extension specialists were gearing up, publishing eight pest management guides for the 2019 growing season. Several of these guides are downloadable, for free, from the ISU…

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Crop Production, News

Listen to the Land – 11 Farm Ugly 3/25/2019 | 10:25 AM CDT

By Elton Robinson Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Original article can be found here: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2019/03/21/farm-ugly Robby Bevis didn’t decide to chuck his farm-management plan and get closer to nature on a whim. It took some convincing by friends and finally a commitment to let plants and biology tell him how to manage the crop…

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Crop Production

DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends Mixed Moves in Retail Fertilizer Prices 3/27/2019 | 8:37 AM CDT

By Russ Quinn, DTN Staff Reporter Original Article can be found here: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/crops/article/2019/03/27/mixed-moves-retail-fertilizer-prices-2 OMAHA (DTN) — Retail fertilizer price movement continued to be mixed the third week of March 2019, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. This marked the fourth week in a row in which at least some prices declined…

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Crop Production, News

Insect Pressure Rises

ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) — As June starts to melt into July, summer insects’ favorite buffets are in season: fields of growing crops. Soybean fields appear to be at the top of the menu this month, with a growing number of agronomists and farmers reporting sightings of soybean gall midge, thistle caterpillars and Japanese beetles in soybean fields in the past week…

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